Re: Need help/advice for database structure

"Oodie" <v_rs_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I need to build a system to manage some shipping/postal vendors.
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> The problem is, although they have the same nature of business, their> operations can be very different one another.
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> I've seen other applications create one set of tables which is> customized for every vendor.

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> I feel that this is the same as mapping each vendor> business, and it's a humongous task. Can anyone help me please?

So you want to build a system for a number of vendors but don't want to
understand ('map') their individual businesses?